Archive for November, 2013

Whether you like it or not, politics is/can be big business, and big business knows they need design (or should know by now, right?). Maybe you do like it. So, we decide to spend this week speaking to two Omaha-area designers that have done a bit of work in the political arena recently.

One look at the incredible design work of Justin Kemerling (the images in our header above are part of the eight social media images he mentions during the show), and it’s apparent that he’s been doing this for a while. We also bring in Jake Welchert to speak about working as a designer inside of a campaign office for close to a year (in his case, he was working directly for the Obama for America campaign in 2012).

I had a fun time talking with these two about design, enjoy.

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Donovan Beery

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Donovan oversees all creative development at Eleven19 Communications, Inc., where he also serves as an owner. He received a bachelor’s degree in Visual Communication & Design from the University of Nebraska at Kearney.

His background in visual communications, web design, and creative concepts were put to good use when he was the chief web designer at Union Pacific and the corporate identity and web designer at Nexterna. He’s lectured on web design at Creighton University, taught visual communications at Metropolitan Community College and proudly served seven years on the board of directors for AIGA Nebraska. In 2009, Donovan was appointed by Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey to a three-year term on the Omaha Public Art Commission.